The Four of Us

Chapter 2

There was a moment of shocked silence. Then the room erupted with noise, everyone talking at once.

"I know I didn't hear you right!" Steve shouted. There was no way in hell these kids were related to Tony! They were too... Well behaved and not obnoxious! Well except for Andy, he seemed to be the opposite of those two things.

"What? Tell me I didn't just hear you say you had children?!" Natasha demanded, gaping at Tony.

"How does SHIELD not know about them?!" Nick shouted, jumping to a standing position.

"Do they have powers?" Bruce wondered quietly, almost to himself.

"Where are they from?" Pietro asked. His eyes unconsciously drifted to the skater girl and her strange hair before quickly moving back to Tony.

"Who's your mother?" Clint drawled, raising an eyebrow. Brooklyn held up her arms to quiet everyone.

"Alright, alright, hold your questions. Yes, you did hear correctly. Tony is our dad. SHIELD didn't know about us because we didn't want you to. And yes, we all have powers. I can control the elements, AJ controls time, Andy can heal, and Austin can shapeshift into anything. We are from here and Asgard. Our mom is- was from Asgard. That's the basics of us.  Any more questions?" Brooke asked politely.

"Well," Clint starts, surveying them with a bored expression,"She sounds like a know it all just like her father."

"Excuse me? What the hell is your problem?" Austin growled, his expression shifting from calm to infuriated in less than zero point five seconds. "Who gave you the right to judge my family?"

"Austin, honestly it's fine, I'm fine."

Brooklyn said, laying  hand on Austin's arm to calm him down. "You okay bro?"

"Yeah. Totally peachy."

"Sure, you sound great," AJ remarked, putting her fist on her hip before turning to Clint with an icy glare, "Anyway, you asked the goddamn question Barton. Don't get sassy when you get the answer. And our father may be annoying, arrogant, and vain but he sure as hell isn't a know-it-all."

"I don't know if I should take take that as a compliment or an insult, but still, so not cool AJ..." Tony interrupted from behind his daughter. AJ didn't acknowledge him.

"Anyway why would she not know this, it's her goddamn family, you prick. If you're going to insult us, at least fucking do it right." AJ spat out in a quiet but deadly tone. The room was deathly silent as she turned and stormed down to Tony's lab. Even Andy was giving Clint an angry glare. Clint looked slightly guilty and embarrassed. He saw Natasha's furious glare and cleared his throat, scratching his neck awkwardly.

"I'm... Sorry. I was out all night... I didn't get much sleep. I get a bit moody when I'm tired..." Clint mumbled, looking down at the floor.

"No, it's okay. I'm sorry for them." Brooklynn said, trying to ease the tension, "That was a bit over the top. I did say that it was fine, I know people can be moody. My siblings however, all have bad tempers."

"AJ isn't apologizing and I won't be either because we did nothing wrong." Austin stated, crossing his arms over his chest and glaring at Clint. Brooklynn smacked his arm lightly and gave him a warning glare to which he just rolled his eyes. Pietro looked around and stood slowly.

"I can go and bring her up stairs...?" he questioned, wondering what he was doing. Brooklyn snorted and Austin grinned mischievously. Tony, who seemed to be holding himself back from getting his suit and blasting Clint to pieces, also stood up.

"Yeah, no offence, but she'd tear you to pieces." Tony said, turning his glare to Pietro. Pietro shrugged and sat back down as Tony moved to the stairs. His steps echoed through the circular stairwell as he jogged down. He reached the lab and knocked softly on his own door. There was no answer. He sighed and twisted the knob slowly, pushing the door open. Tony poked his head through the doorway and looked around. AJ was sitting with her back to Tony at a sterile white counter and her music was blaring. Tony smiled and walked in, crossing the room quickly. He sat in the stool next to her and leaned his head on his hand. AJ looked at him out of the corner of her eye but continued working. Tony looked down at the object which looked like a mini arc-reactor."Hey, Rory whatcha working on?" She smiled slightly at the nickname and sighed, pulling out her earbuds.